𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bil-, “to know”) + 𐰏𐰀- (-ge). Cognate with Turkish bilge (“wise, sage”).
Noun[edit]
𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀 (bilge)
- wise, counselor, advisor
- 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IS7
- 𐰋𐰠𐰏𐰾𐰃:𐰲𐰉𐰾𐰃:𐰋𐰤:𐰜:𐰼𐱅𐰢
- bilgesi:čabïšï:ben:ök:ertim
- I, myself, was his advisor and commander.
- 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IS7
Proper noun[edit]
𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀 (Bilge)
- Bilge Khagan, a khagan of the Second Turkic Khaganate
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S1
- 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐱅𐰏:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰓𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰢𐱁:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰉𐰆:𐰇𐰓𐰚𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐱃𐰢
- teŋri:teg:teŋride:bolmuš:türük:bilge:qaɣan:bu:ödke:olurtum
- I, the God-like and Heaven-born Turkic Bilge Khagan, succeeded to the throne at this time.
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S1
- a male given name
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “bilgä”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 313
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bilge”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 340